Beyond roaming: how Japanese operators can win the inbound traveller
Most people visiting Japan are paying more for a worse mobile experience — and don't know it. Travellers' choice of staying on a home network's roaming service might be convenient but could come at a cost — not just in bill terms, but in experience terms.
Canada, June 2026, Fixed Broadband Experience
Looking at fixed broadband experience in Canada, Bell takes the awards for Reliability, Consistent Quality, and Upload Speed. Meanwhile, Rogers leads for Download Speed and Video.
South Africa’s 5G challenge is spectrum usage, not performance
South Africa was an early African 5G mover, with launches in 2019 and 2020. Yet in Q1 2026, users spent just 3.7% of their connected time on 5G. Even among South Africans equipped with 5G-capable devices, time spent on 5G was limited to only 11.1% of their connectivity — 4G still anchors the daily mobile experience.
5G Standalone in Europe: Where deployment stands and what it means for consumers – June 2026
In this report we assess the scale of 5G Standalone deployment across 29 European markets in Q1 2026, revealing wide disparity between operators' progress and how their strategies translate into real user experience.
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Malaysia's disparity in mobile network connectivity: an operator level view
A deeper look into the existing urban-rural disparity to understand our users’ mobile network experience while connecting to 3G and 4G services on Malaysia’s five major operators’ networks — Celcom, DiGi, Maxis, U Mobile, and unifi.
Indonesia, Desember 2019, Pengalaman Jaringan Seluler
Dalam laporan ini, kami telah menganalisis pengalaman jaringan seluler untuk pengguna Indonesia selama 90 hari yang dimulai pada Agustus, untuk melihat bagaimana cara lima operator yaitu 3, Indosat, Smartfren, Telkomsel, dan XL dalam meningkatkan skornya. Selama penghargaan nasional tersebut, kami juga terjun lebih dalam ke 24 kota terbesar di Indonesia untuk melihat cara performa operator di lingkungan perkotaan.
Indonesia, December 2019, Mobile Network Experience
In this report, we've analyzed the mobile network experience for our Indonesian users over the 90 days from the start of August, to see how the five operators – 3, Indosat, Smartfren, Telkomsel and XL – stack up. Alongside the national awards, we've also taken a deep dive into 24 of Indonesia's biggest cities to see how the operators perform in an urban environment.
Smart users see superior 4G Availability and much faster download speeds in urban & rural areas
While users on Smart scored just slightly higher than Globe for 4G Availability across rural and urban areas, the Download Speed Experience of our Filipino users is very polarized.
Our rural users on Smart enjoyed a faster speed than Globe in all but three regions — Central Luzon, Central Visayas, and BARMM — where they tied.
Brazil: 4G Upload Speeds in the 12 largest cities vary significantly around the clock
Today, 81% of Brazil’s population is actively engaged on social media spending approximately three and a half hours on social platforms every day. With this increasing popularity in social media usage, Brazillian users now engage in activities such as sharing media content, online gaming and video chatting more often than ever. In order to understand the true user experience while upstreaming, Opensignal analyzed 4G Upload Speeds in the 12 largest cities of Brazil and found that upload speeds vary depending on the time of day.
Only Callao and Lima Province beat Peru's averages in mobile experience
Mobile experience is heavily influenced by whether a user can access 4G at any time. In Peru, 4G Availability is seen to vary by region, ranging from as little as 68.1 in Pasco, to as high as 88.2 in Callao.
